Evan Taubenfeld: "I have an eating disorder"

ok, I was wrong, thanks for explanation

Did you not read what he wrote? He explains what he's been living with in quite a lot of detail.

lmgtfy.com/?q=eating+disorder

Same, it just shows the lack of knowledge of EDs and mental illness as a whole.

As for him speaking out, people not knowing is not only draining as you have to keep up an act of being fine and dandy, but it also makes you feel ashamed of being ill. Mental illness is often referred to as a silent sickness, and with no one knowing, there's no one to fight alongside you and no one to understand. You can feel so judged by people (and I can't imagine the scale you'd feel that if you were famous) and speaking out lets people know the truth and therefore won't get angry if you're struggling with something they don't know about (Avril and her poor concerts is one example, albeit not a mental illness). I've suffered from anxiety and depression (thankfully the latter not anymore) since being a child and when people didn't know and I just couldn't bring myself to leave the house, I'd have friends complain at me and bitch about the fact that I never make the effort to see them, but the idea of leaving my 'safe place' was terrifying. Or I'd get worked up over something tiny and be accused of causing a fuss and being pathetic. I've started to tell people now and people being supportive is so uplifting, and tbh I think it's brave Evan spoke out - it's a bloody scary thing to do. As well as raising awareness for a very misunderstood illness.

Just my 2 cents. Don't judge someone or their actions until you know their story. (Not aimed at anyone ).

kremniushka, not trying to call you out in anyway, but an ED is not a weakness.

I'm not disputing you - but people forget mental is a health-related way too

But yeah I got what she meant, it's just that people who suffer from EDs will often beat themselves up over being 'weak', hence why I don't like it being said as such - even if there's no harm behind it, people suffering may take it to heart.

No drama intended, this was off topic so apologies.

My problem is the oposite, I'm always so engaged in doing things, that I forget to eat many times
But I have great genes regarding this, for me it's pretty hard to gain weight, and I'm quite small framed

Evan must be idling way too much now, his mind must be quite empty now and he fills it with these paranoid thoughts, he needs to get a real painful self concious health problem to realize he has absolutely nothing worth worrying that much

Anxiety is also a physiologically powerful trigger for weight gain in some people, he should fix he's underlying problems first and stop the cycle